SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
5:30PM

Fireside Chat: What is a Home?

Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park | 5:30pm - 6:30pm
As part of A Night of Philosophy & Ideas, Brooklyn Public Library and Prospect Park Alliance present Fireside Chat, a community conversation set around an outdoor campfire at the Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park. The conversation will be facilitated by Casey Burke from Breaking Ground, a homeless services and housing advocacy organization, with performances by Vlada Tomova and Chris Rael.

Trisha Brown Dance Company: Skymap

Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness, A Virtual Reality Experience

Screening of Heart of a Dog

Laurie Anderson (2015)
Dweck Auditorium | 8:00pm | 75 min
Centering on Anderson's beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, HEART OF A DOG is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.
Followed by a discussion with director Laurie Anderson

2017 Night of Philosophy & Ideas is co-presented by Brooklyn Public Library and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. The program is made possible with support from the Florence Gould Foundation, the Institut français, Air France, FACE Foundation, Holiday Inn Express and Red Lion Inn & Suites and D'Artagnan, Alliance Program, and event partners National Sawdust, Trisha Brown Dance Company, BAM, and Prospect Park Alliance. WNYC is a media partner of the 2016-2017 BPL Presents Season. Additional support is provided by La Rêveuse, Sixpoint Brewery, Red Hook Winery, Colson Patisserie, Lion in the Sun, Coperaco, Pommery, Albertine, Cornell University, Sciences Po, Paris and Bogota Latin Bistro. The VR Theater is powered by Samsung. Gothamist is a 2017 Night of Philosophy & Ideas Media Partner.